University  of  California  •  Berkeley 


JAN     4  1906 


GENESIS  and  REVELATIONS 


OF  THE  FORMER 
II 


alifornia  Society  of  Sons  of 
Revolutionary  Sires" 

BUT   NOW   THE 

California  Society  of  Song  of  the 

Evolution, 


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STONES    LAID 


IN    THE     BASK    OK    THK 


SLOAT     MONUMENT     AT    MONTEREY. 


KAST  FACE  COMPLETED. 

U.  S  Army,  Mariposa  Co.,  Kern  Co.,  Lassen  Co.,  Employees  U.  S.  N.  Yard,  U.  S.  Navy 
San  Diego  Co.,  San  Bernardino  Co.,  Plumas  Co.,  Placer  Co.,  San  Joaquin  Co.,  N.S.G.W.,  V.M.W. 
Monterey  Co.,  Santa  Cruz  Co.,  Contra  Costa  Co.,  Santa  Clara  Co.,  Alameda,  Co.,  Pioneers 

NORTH  FACE  COMPLETED. 

U.S.N.,  Cal.  Miners,  Butte  Co.,  Mendociuo  Co.,  Bear  Flag,  Daughters  Am.  Revolution,  G.A.R. 
Vets  Mexican  War,  N.  D.  G  W.,  C.  P.  R.  R.,  Sonoma  Co.,  Lake  Co.,  Mas.  Vets.  Pacific  Coast 
California.  San  Francisco  Co.,  Sacramento  Co.,  Solano  Co.,  Napa  Co.,  Public  Schools 

SOUTH  FACE  HALF  DONE  DECEMBER  25,  1904. 

Rear  Admiral  S.  F.  Dupont,    Los  Angeles  Co.,    U.  S.  A. 

San  Benito  Co.,    Cal.  Fed.  Woman's  Clubs,    San  Diego 

Presidents,  U.  S.  A.  Santa  Barbara  Co.,  Ventura  Co.,  San  Luis  Obispo  Co.,  Monterey  Co. 

WEvST  FACE  NEARLY  HALF  DONE  DECEMBER  25,  1904. 

Grand  Army  of  the  Republic, 

Mas.  Vets.  Assn. 

Public  Schools,    California  Pioneers,    Oakland,    San  Mateo  Co.,    Consul  Parrott,    President's 


48   STONES    LAID.       1 8    MORE    REQUIRED    FOR    THE    BASE. 


REAR  ADMIRAL  JOHN  DRAKE  SLOAT,  U.  S.  N. 
Son  of  Capt.  John  Sloat  of  the  American  Army  in  the  Revolutionary  War  for  Independence. 

Born  July  26, 1781,  at  Sloatbury,  near  Goshen,  Rockland  County,  New  York. 

Midshipman,  U.  S.  Navy,  February  i2th.  1800. 

Sailing  Master  U.  S.  Navy,  February  yth,  1812.  (He  maneuvered  the  frigate  "United  States"  under  Com- 
modore Decatur,  when  he  captured  the  crack  trigate  "Macedonian,"  of  the  British  Navy,  October  25th,  1812 
and  received  the  thanks  of  Congress  ) 

Lieutenant,  July  24th,  1812.  (Commanded  the  schooner  "Grampus,"  and  suppresses  Cofrecinas,  the  last  ot 
the  West  India  pirates,  in  March,  1825,  who  was  captured  and  shot.) 

Post  Captain,  February  gth,  1837. 

Commodore,  November  151,1843.  (August  27th,  1844,  ordered  to  command  the  Pacific  Squadron,  and  on 
July  7th,  1846,  took  possession  of  California  aud  hoisted  the  American  flag  at  Monterey.  He  located  the  Navy 
Yard  at  Mare  Island,  California,  in  1852.) 

Rear  Admiral  on  the  Retired  List,  August  6th,  1866. 

Died  at  Staten  Island,  New  York,  November  28th,  1867,  aped  86  vears,  4  montlm  and  2  days. 

Buried  with  Masonic  and  Naval-Military  honors  tn  Green  wo  >d  Cemetery,  L.  T..  by  St.  Nicholas  Lodge,  No. 
321,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  Tompkinsville  Lodge,  F.  <fc  A.  M.,  and  the  N  ival  Battalion  of  Marines  and  Sailors,  Novem- 
ber soth,  1867. 

MONUMENT    BEING    ERECTED    AT    MOiNTERKY. 


THE 

GENESIS  AND  REVELATIONS 


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OF  THE   FORMER 

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BUT    NOW   THE 


California  Society  of  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution 


4<  I  know  him  a  notorious  liar, 

Think  him  a  great  way  fool,  solely  a  coward, 

Yet  these  fixed  evils  so  fit  on  him 

That  they  take  place. 

Rust,  sword;  cool,  blushes;  and  Parolles.  live 

Safest  in  shame;  being  fooled,  by  fooling  thrive; 

There's  place  and  means  for  every  man  alive." 

— Shakespeare. 

CHAPTER  I. 

On  March  3rd,  1871,  President  U.  S.  GRANT  signed  the  first  bill 
for  the  Centennial  Exposition  and  Celebration  of  the  looth  Anniver- 
sary of  American  Independence  at  Philadelphia,  and  Congress  made 
an  appropriation  of  three  millions  of  dollars.  On  June  ist,  1872,  he 
approved  the  bill  incorporating  the  Centennial  Exposition  with  no 
less  than  768  incorporators  selected  from  every  Congressional  District 
in  the  United  States  and  personally  named  in  the  Act.  Those  named 
from  California  were  A.  S.  HALLIDIE,  THOMAS  H.  SELBY,  GEORGE 
OUT/TON,  NATHAN  COOMBS,  WILLIAM  C.  RALSTON,  MILTON  S.  L,A- 
THOM,  LELAND  STANFORD,  EDGAR  MILLS,  L.  B.  MIZNER,  JOHN  J. 
DEHAVEN,  JOHN  G.  DOWNEY  and  T.  ELLARD  BEANS. 

On  December  29th,  1872,  under  an  Act  of  Congress,  the  Hon. 
JAMES  G.  BLAINE,  the  Speaker  of  that  Body,  appointed  the  Commit- 
tee of  Arrangements  to  have  charge  of  the  Celebration,  all  of  whom 
were  of  direct  Revolutionary  descent,  and  the  following  Representa- 
tives were  appointed  the  said  Committee,  viz.:  WILLIAM  D.  KELLEY, 
of  Philadelphia,  Penn  ;  HENRY  L,.  DAWES,  of  Pittsfield,  Mass.;  HOR- 
ACE MAYNARD,  of  Knoxville,  Tenn. ;  AARON  A.  SARGENT,  of  Nevada 
City,  Cal.;  JOSEPH  R.  HAWLEY,  of  Connecticut;  HARRISON  E.  HA- 
VENS, of  Missouri;  SAMUEL  S.  Cox,  of  New  York;  SAMUEL  S.  MAR- 
SHALL, of  Illinois;  and  JOHN  HANCOCK,  of  Texas.  This  Committee 
of  Arrangements  selected  the  following  Sons  of  Revolutionary  Sires  as 


Officers  of  the  Day  :  Gen.  U.  S.  GRANT,  President  of  the  United  States, 
President  of  the  Day;  RICHARD  HENRY  LEE,  of  Virginia,  whose 
grandfather  signed  the  Declaration  of  Independence, — Reader, —  to 
read  the  original  Manuscript;  BAYARD  TAYLOR,  the  Poet  of  the  Day, 
a  grandson  of  another  signer;  and  the  Hon.  WM.  M.  EVARTS,  Orator 
of  the  Day,  and  the  grandson  of  ROGER  SHERMAN,  one  of  the  Com- 
mittee with  THOMAS  JEFFERSON,  JOHN  ADAMS,  BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN 
and  PHILIP  LIVINGSTON,  appointed  to  draft  the  Declaration  of  Amer- 
ican Independence. 

Here  it  may  be  truly  said  was  the  first  real  organization  of  the 
Sons  of  Revolutionary  Sires,  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  Sons 
of  the  Revolution,  or  by  whatever  name  the  descendants  of  the  Fathers 
of  American  Independence  may  be  called,  organized  under  an  Act  of 
Congress  of  December  29,  1872,  three  years  and  a  half  before  the  4th 
day  of  July,  1876,  and  two  years  and  four  months  before  any  other 
organization  of  the  descendants  of  Revolutionary  ancestry  whatever 
was  formed. 

On  the  i  Qth  of  April,  1875,  the  citizens  of  the  State  of  Massachu- 
setts celebrated  the  Centennial  Anniversary  on  the  same  sacred  soil, 
the  battles  of  Lexington  and  Concord,  with  all  the  eclat  that  was  pos- 
sible, and  they  heard  the  echoes  returning  "of  the  shot  that  was  fired 
and  heard  around  the  world."  A  full  report  as  given  in  the  newspa- 
pers of  that  day  is  still  in  my  possession.  On  the  I7th  of  June  follow- 
ing (1875),  the  Centennial  Anniversary  of  the  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill 
was  celebrated  on  a  still  larger  scale,  with  a  little  more  than  a  year  to 
intervene  before  the  Centennial  Anniversary  of  American  Independ- 
ence was  to  be  celebrated  throughout  the  length  and  breadth  of  the 
Republic. 

Nothing  had  been  done,  however,  for  making  any  preparation  for 
that  event  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  except  the  primary  organization  of 
the  National  Society  of  Sons  of  Revolutionary  Sires,  at  the  office  of 
Dr.  JAMES  L.  COGSWELL,  at  No.  230  Kearny  Street,  San  Francisco, 
California,  on  October  22,  1875. 

At  that  time  I  was  City  Surveyor  of  Gold  Hill  and  Deputy  U.  S. 
Mineral  Surveyor  of  the  State  of  Nevada.  Having  business  which 
called  me  to  San  Francisco,  and  having  some  dentistry  work  to  be  im- 
mediately done,  I  went  to  the  office  of  Dr.  JAMES  L.  COGSWELL  on 
the  morning  of  Friday,  October  22,  1875,  who  took  the  matter  at  once 
in  hand,  and  told  me  to  call  in  the  evening  and  it  would  be  ready  for 
me.  When  I  arrived  there  at  the  appointed  time,  and  being  old  Pion- 
eer friends  and  acquaintances,  he  invited  me  to  remain,  as  there  were 
to  be  some  other  gentlemen  to  come  in,  and  they  were  to  hold  a  little 
patriotic  meeting.  I  therefore  remained,  and  the  following  gentlemen 


and  old  friends  came  in  :  Dr.  PETER  WILKINS  RANDLE,  Capt.  RICH- 
ARD RUSH  RANDLE,  IRA  C.  ROOT,  Dr.  EMORY  L.  WILLARD,  and  I 
think  Judge  JOSEPH  WEED,  and  one  or  two  more;  but  A.  S.  HUB- 
BARD  was  not  known  or  present. 

Dr.  JAMES  L.  COGSWELL,  after  a  little,  arose  and  briefly  stated  the 
objects  for  which  he  had  invited  them  to  be  present,  which  was  to 
organize  a  society  of  Sons  of  Revolutionary  Sires,  for  the  purpose  of 
getting  ready  and  making  preparations  for  the  celebration  of  the  Cen- 
tennial Anniversary  of  American  Independence,  and  perpetuating  the 
Society,  and  nominated  Dr.  Peter  Wilkins  Randle,  an  old  Army  Sur- 
geon and  well  known  as  Chairman  of  the  meeting,  and  to  be  the  Pres- 
ident of  the  Society.  To  this  Dr.  Randle  decidedly  objected  and 
protested  against  it,  and  in  turn  nominated  Dr.  JAMES  L,.  COGSWELL, 
who  had  invited  them  to  his  office  for  that  patriotic  purpose,  and  on 
motion  Dr.  Cogswell  was  unanimously  elected. 

On  motion,  the  name  for  the  proposed  organization  was,  "THE 
CALIFORNIA  SOCIETY  OF  SONS  OF  REVOLUTIONARY  SIRES."  To  this 
I  arose  and  objected,  as  I  was  then  a  citizen  of  the  State  of  Nevada, 
and  it  would  rule  me  out.  I  said,  make  it  a  National  Society  at  the 
start,  and  if  Nevada  was  to  be  represented  in  it,  as  there  was  no  one 
else  there  present  from  that  State,  that  I  would  serve  as  a  Vice-Presi- 
dent, if  it  was  their  wish,  and  represent  the  society  as  one  of  its  dele- 
gates at  the  Centennial  Celebration  in  Philadelphia,  as  I  had  to  be 
there  on  July  4,  1876. 

At  this,  Dr.  Randle  then  moved  that  the  organization  be  called 
"THE  NATIONAL  SOCIETY  OF  SONS  OF  REVOLUTIONARY  SIRES,'* 
which  was  unanimously  carried. 

PRIMARY  ORGANIZATION. 

On  motion,  the  following  officers  were  declared  elected  by  acclama- 
tion, viz.:  Dr.  JAMES  L,.  COGSWELL,  National  President;  Dr.  PETER 
WILKINS  RANDLE,  Vice-President  for  California;  and  Major  EDWIN 
A.  SHERMAN,  Vice-President  for  the  State  of  Nevada.  The  other  offi- 
cers serving  pro  tern.,  their  election  was  to  be  deferred  until  the  next 
meeting  to  be  called  by  the  President. 

The  next  morning  I  took  my  departure  for  Gold  Hill,  Nevada,  but 
authorizing  Dr.  JAMES  L-  COGSWELL  to  sign  my  name  to  the  Consti- 
tution, when  adopted,  and  as  Vice-President  for  Nevada. 

The  burning  of  Virginia  City  had  deranged  all  business  there,  and 
I  sent  my  family  East  on  a  visit  to  friends  in  Illinois. 

I  was  appointed  alternate  delegate  in  place  of  Hon.  WM.  E.  SHARON, 
to  the  National  Republican  Convention  to  meet  in  Cincinnati  in  June, 
1876,  and  as  all  the  Railroad  Companies  in  the  United  States  were  giv- 


—  6  — 

ing  free  passes  to  Veterans  of  the  Mexican  War  to  go  and  return 
from  the  Centennial  Celebration  at  Philadelphia  on  July  4,  1876,  I 
availed  myself  of  that  liberality,  and  attended  at  both  places,  as  the 
Representative  of  the  Republican  Party  of  Nevada,  the  Veterans  of 
the  Mexican  War,  and  as  Vice-President  of  the  Sons  of  Revolutionary 
Sires,  and  returned  to  Gold  Hill  in  September,  1876,  having  lost  a 
little  daughter  by  death  in  Illinois,  which  greatly  saddened  my 
pleasure. 

I  knew  nothing  of  what  had  been  done  in  San  Francisco  until  I 
removed  there  in  August,  1877,  when  Dr.  James  L.  Cogswell  gave 
me  the  following  account  of  intrigue,  scheming  and  trickery  in  con- 
nection with  the  Sons  of  the  Revolutionary  Sires,  and  a  history  of 
the  same,  of  which  he  and  the  other  Founders  of  that  organization 
had  been  made  the  victims,  and  of  which  he  and  myself  are  the  only 
survivors,  and  still  retaining  our  offices  of  President  and  Vice-Presi- 
dent, until  our  successors  are  chosen  by  a  revival  with  new  members, 
or  the  same  will  expire  at  our  deaths. 

According  to  Dr.  Cogswell's  statement  given  to  me,  the  account  of 
what  had  occurred  during  my  absence  in  Nevada  and  the  East  is  as 
follows  : 

"Subsequent  to  this  first  meeting  on  October  22,  1875,  during  the 
rainy  season,  on  a  rainy  afternoon  some  of  the  members  with  other 
gentlemen  called  to  pay  a  friendly  visit,  and  while  there,  the  subject 
of  Revolutionary  ancestry  was  mentioned,  and  further  inquiry  was 
made,  who  among  them  had  relatives  in  the  Revolutionary  War?  and 
several  stated  that  they  also  were  descended  from  Revolutionary  stock. 
It  was  then  suggested  that  another  meeting  be  held,  inviting  all  in 
the  city  who  had  relatives  in  the  American  Revolution.  We  casu- 
ally met  on  the  street  and  spoke  about  the  kind  of  regalia  that  would 
be  appropriate,  banner,  badges,  etc.,  on  the  coming  Fourth  of  July. 
To  save  expense,  I  called  a  meeting  at  my  office,  No  230  Kearny 
Street,  by  advertising  in  the  A I  la-California  newspaper,  on  June  26th, 
1876,  immediately  upon  reading  a  communication  from  a  lady  of 
Revolutionary  ancestry.  The  communication  and  my  advertisement 
were  as  follows  : 

THE  PATRIOTIC  LADY'S  COMMUNICATION. 

"EDITOR  Alta  : 

"Wouldn't  it  be  a  most  novel  but  strikingly  interesting  idea  in  the  program 
of  the  procession  for  our  City  Centennial  Celebration,  to  have  represented  our 
grandparents  of  the  Revolution  by  the  grandchildren  now  living,  residents  of 
this  city  ?  There  might  not  be  a  single  living  son  or  .laughter,  but,  no  doubt, 
there  might  be  a  score  or  more  of  real  grandchildren. 

"Wouldn't  it  be  splendid  if  enough  could  be  found  to  represent  every  State 
in  the  Union,  to  ride  in  a  car  sufficiently  large  to  cirry  them  all,  each  one  carry- 


WILLIAM    MAXWELL  WOOD,  U.  S.  N. 
A  Grandson  of  Revolutionary  Ancestry. 

Fleet  Surgeon  Pacific  Squadron,  1846.    Surgeon  General  U.  S.  Navy,  1869. 

This  officer  voluntarily  undertook  the  perilous  risk  to  enter  Mexico  and  cross  that  country  to  learn  the 
condition  of  affairs,  and  at  Guadalajara  first,  and  afterwards  at  the  City  of  Mexico,  learned  that  war  had  actu- 
ally commenced  between  the  two  countries;  and,  but  for  the  daring  courage  of  this  gallant  officer,  whose  skill 
and  adroitness  in  sending  the  information  to  Commodore  Sloat  at  viazatlau,  California  would  have  been  lost  to 
the  American  Union;  and  instead  of  being  one  of  the  United  States,  would  now  be  a  British  province. 

Says  Commodore  SLOAT  in  his  letter  from  New  York,  2oth  March,  1855:  "The  information  you  furnished  me 
at  Mazatlan  from  Guadalajara,  (at  the  risk  of  your  life,)  was  the  only  reliable  information  I  received  of  that 
event,  and  which  induced  me  to  proceed  immediately  to  California,  and  upon  my  own  responsibility  to  take 
possession  of  that  country,  which  I  did  on  the  yth  of  July,  1846." 

Says  Dr.  Wood  in  his  account  of  the  intelligence  he  learned  at  the  City  of  Mrxico:  "All  this  information  I 
again  sent  to  the  Commanding  Officer  of  the  Pacific  Squadron,  signing  my  letter  by  an  easily  understood  hiero- 
glyphic, and  sending  it  through  the  Mexican  mail  under  cover  to  the  subject  of  a  neutral  power." 

NOTE. — It  was  this  last  positive  information  sent  by  way  of  Guadalajara,  that  warranted  Commodore 
Sloat  to  act. 

MEDALUON  TO  BE  PLACED   ON  THE  PEDESTAI.  OF   THE  SI.OAT  MONUMENT  AT  MONTEREY. 


—  8  — 

ing  a  small  flag  with  the  name  of  the  State  they  represent,  and  the  car  designated 
'The  Revolutionary  Grandchildren?  '     *     *     * 

"All  honor  to  our  glorious,  noble  grandparents  to-day.  I  could  tell  many, 
many  incidents  that  they  all  have  related  to  me,  so  green  and  fresh,  and  heart- 
stirring  to-day  to  me  as  when  a  child  I  heard  them  from  their  own  lips,  which  I 
have  told  myself  to  many  a  dear  little  child  in  this  city,  to  try  to  explain  what 
the  4th  of  July  or  Independence  means.  These  things  must  be  kept  before  the 
minds  of  our  young  and  rising  generation,  for,  from  some  of  them,  at  least,  must 
come  the  future  support  of  the  whole  fabric  so  dearly  won  by  those  martyred 
heroes,  whose  cry — Liberty  or  Death — went  up  to  the  ears  of  a  willing,  merciful 
Father,  to  relieve  us  from  tyranny  and  oppression,  making  a  home  for  all  to  wor- 
ship as  they  choose,  and  to  buy,  sell  and  get  gain,  and  send  it  where  they  list. 

"If  the  General  of  the  Day  thinks  anything  of  this— for  I  know  you  will  let 
him  see  it — tell  him  that   I   want  to  go  and  carry  the  old  Bay  State  flag,  my  dear 
native  home,  which    I   have  not  seen  for  fourteen  years.     I  am  the  widow  of  one 
of  the  victims  of  ihe  privateers  of  our  last  war,  living  in  obscurity. 
"Yours,  etc., 

This  communication  appearing,  Dr.  James  L.  Cogswell,  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  National  Society  of  Sons  of  Revolutionary  Sires  (which 
had  kept  up  its  organization  from  the  date  of  its  first  meeting,  and 
myself,  its  Vice-President  for  Nevada,  then  its  representative  already 
in  Philadelphia,  to  attend  the  National  Celebration  in  charge  of  the 
Committee  appointed  by  Congress),  issued  the  following  notice  in  the 
Alia- California  of  June  26,  1876  : 

REVOLUTIONARY  DESCENDANTS. 

"EDITOR  Alta: 

"The  idea  suggested  by  the  grand  daughter  of  one  of  our  Revolutionary  sires, 
seems  a  capital  one;  and  as  I  belong  in  the  same  category  with  your  correspond- 
ent, being  the  grandson  of  one  of  the  Revolutionary  heroes,  I  shall  be  happy  to 
have  all  who  belong  to  this  class  call  at  my  office,  No.  230  Kearny  Street,  and  or- 
ganize for  the  occasion. 

"[Signed]        J.  L.  COGSWELL. 

"San  Francisco,  June  26,  1876." 

"Some  few  came  to  my  office  and  enrolled;  but  Gen.  Whin's 
friends  had  informed  others  that  no  meeting  would  be  held  at  my 
office,  and  Charles  Wiggin,  Chief  of  Staff  to  the  Grand  Marshal  (Gen. 
Winn),  on  June  28th,  1876,  issued  a  call  to  descendants  of  Revolution- 
ary Patriots  to  meet  at  the  headquarters  on  Thursday,  June  2yth,  at 
8  P.  M.,  at  212  Kearny  St.,  which  was  at  Dr.  Birge's,  a  few  doors  below. 

"When  I  got  there,  the  meeting  was  organized  and  officers  elected. 
Gen.  A.  M.  Winn  in  the  chair.  I  did  not  attend  any  of  their  meet- 
ings at  the  Palace  Hotel  or  Dashaway  Hall  and  by  their  actions  I  feel 
almost  positive  that  I  did  not  march  with  them  on  July  4,  1876;  for 
Gen.  Winn  and  his  party  had  made  this  bold  attempt  to  steal  our 
organization,  and  Major  E.  A.  Sherman  and  I  are  the  only  living 


-  9  - 

founders  of  the  'Sons  of  Revolutionary  Sires,'  which  has  changed  its 
name  to  'Sons  of  the  American  Revolution.'  They  stole  it  from  us  by 
preventing  the  meeting  being  held  at  my  office  on  the  evening  of  June 
28,  1876. 

"After  they  orguni/.ed,  some  of  their  party  called  and  asked  me  to 
give  them  Fifteen  Dollars  ($15.00),  and  by  paying  them  that  amount, 
they  would  put  my  picture  in  a  book  they  intended  publishing;  but  I 
most  emphatically  declined.  I  presume  that  was  the  reason  why  they 
ignored  me. 

"Yes,  I  well  remember  that  you  requested  me  to  sign  your  name 
to  the  Constitution  when  adopted. 

"I  also  remember  that  Major  Sherman  and  Hubbard  went  from  my 
office,  which  was  then  in  the  Evening  Post  Building,  corner  of  Bush 
and  Kearny,  to  a  Notary  Public. 

"P.  S. — The  Winn  Party  cannot  ante-date  my  notice  in  the  Alta- 
California  of  June  26,  1876,  nor  what  we  did  at  the  very  first  meeting 
held  at  my  office  on  October  22,  1875,  when  we  temporarily  organ- 
ized the  'National  Society  of  Sons  of  Revolutionary  Sires'  ten  months 
before.  J.  L.  COGSWELL. 

"Sitka,  Alaska,  Nov.  nth,  1904." 

This  action  on  the  part  of  Gen.  A.  M.  Winn  was  perfectly  charac- 
teristic of  the  individual,  whom  we  knew  from  the  days  of  1849.  Some 
of  his  fellow  passengers  who  came  with  him  to  California  asserted  that 
he  prepared  the  plan  of  a  charter  for  a  city  while  en  route,  and  which 
he  wanted  to  pl-ster  on  Sacramento  City;  but  the  Mexican  laws  being 
still  in  force,  his  plan  would  not  work,  and  he  had  to  pocket  it,  but 
subsequently  became  connected  with  its  City  Government.  He  had 
an  insatiable  thirst  for  office  so  long  as  there  was  great  publicity  and 
political  position  and  imaginary  influence  connected  with  it. 

In  the  middle  Fifties  at  Sacramento,  A.  M.  Winn  was  Major  Gen- 
eral commanding  that  division  of  the  State  Militia  of  California,  and 
following  the  old-time  custom  of  the  Atlantic  States  of  fall  training 
and  muster,  he  issued  an  order  for  all  of  the  enrolled  militia,  including 
the  uniformed  companies,  to  assemble  at  Sacramento,  to  pass  in  review 
before  him  and  his  staff,  in  front  of  the  Orleans  Hotel  on  Second 
Street,  between  J  and  K  streets  of  that  city. 

At  that  time  there  were  two  uniformed  companies  in  Sacramento; 
the  SUTTER  RIFLES,  commanded  by  Capt.  CORSE,  and  the  CITY 
GUARD,  commanded  by  the  late  Capt.  L.  L.  BAKER,  of  the  firm  of 
Baker  &  Hamilton,  who  prepared  to  comply  with  the  order  as  in  duty 
bound  accordingly.  But  the  Enrolled  Militia,  not  knowing  exactly 
what  to  do,  and  not  having  received  any  previous  instructions  or 


—  io  — 

directions,  were  left  in  a  quandary  and  doubt,  by  the  absurdity  and 
ridiculousness  of  such  a  military  order  at  that  time  and  in  so  new  a 
country. 

A  spirit  of  mischief  and  fun  spontaneously  manifested  itself  among 
the  entire  people  of  the  City  and  County  of  Sacramento,  and  with  sup- 
pressed mirth,  but  with  an  intensity  of  determination  of  purpose,  they 
secretly  and  quietly  prepared  for  this  great  military  event,  and  to  give 
it  all  the  eclat  possible. 

Gen.  Winn,  at  the  appointed  hour,  took  his  position  with  his  staff 
on  the  balcony  of  the  Orleans  Hotel,  with  a  compact  body  of  citizens 
behind  him,  who  were  determined  that  he  should  review  the  whole 
parade,  and  not  leave  until  everything  had  passed  in  front  of  him  for 
inspection  as  he  looked  down  nearly  twenty  feet  into  the  street  to  wit- 
ness the  moving  pageant. 

With  a  band  of  music  leading,  Capt.  CORSE  commanding  the  bat- 
talion of  the  SUTTER  RIFLES  and  Capt.  L.  L.  BAKER  of  the  CITY 
GUARD  passed  in  review  in  proper  military  order.  Then  came  several 
hundred  men  in  fantastic  uniforms  according  to  each  man's  taste,  and 
carrying  all  sorts  of  weapons.  They  were  very  large  and  rotund,  and 
if  they  weighed  as  heavy  as  they  looked,  four  of  them  would  have 
weighed  a  ton.  These  were  known  as  the  " WINDY  GUARDS,"  and 
were  commanded  by  Capt.  WINDYGUTZ,  whose  commands  and  the 
evolutions  of  his  company  were  not  in  accordance  with  any  known 
military  tactics.  These  were  followed  by  the  ''SHEET  IRONSIDES 
CAVALRY,"  mounted  on  mules,  led  by  Dan  Virgil  Gates,  the  actor, 
clad  in  sheet  iron  armor,  brandishing  a  lance,  the  shaft  of  which  was 
a  stovepipe  with  a  tremendous  broad  sheet-iron  arrowhead  for  a  spear. 
Following  this  cavalry  came  the  FLYING  ARTILLERY  of  about  thirty 
yoke  of  oxen,  driven  by  teamsters  and  hauling  the  smoke-stack  of  a 
river  steamer  mounted  on  wheels.  Then  came  the  Quartermaster  and 
Commissary  Departments,  represented  by  four- legged  jackasses  and 
mules  heavily  loaded  down  and  trying  to  make  headway  by  marching 
in  gum  boots.  Then  a  promiscuous  lot  of  made-up  Chinamen  with 
gongs,  and  behind  them  a  lot  of  buck  goats  whose  rears  were  painted 
in  red,  white  and  blue  circles,  with  little  American  flags  on  sticks  tied 
hard  and  fast  to  their  tails.  The  last  of  that  military  procession  con- 
sisted of  a  mixed  team  of  lame  horses,  mules  and  oxen,  hauling  an  old 
broken-down  Concord  coach  or  hack  covered  with  black,  and  bearing 
a  cloth  sign,  marked  "HABEAS  CORPUS."  It  took  several  hours  for 
that  military  parade  and  burlesque  procession  to  pass,  p.nd  Gen.  Winn, 
whose  foolish  order  had  invoked  all  of  this  display,  could  not  retire, 
but  perforce  was  compelled  to  remain  and  see  it  all.  It  was  his  last 
review  in  Sacramento.  I  was  present  and  witnessed  it  all  in  common 


—  II  — 

with  thousands  of  others,  from  the  sidewalk,  and  a  similar  description 
perhaps  may  be  found  in  the  files  of  the  Sacramento  Union  of  that  date, 
while  I  write  from  memory  as  I  saw  it. 

Gen.  Winn  left  Sacramento  afterwards  and  went  to  San  Francisco 
where  his  Falstaffian  military  instincts  led  him  into  public  notice,  and 
he  attained  the  object  of  his  ambition  in  being  elected  Grand  Marshal 
of  the  Centennial  4th  of  July  Celebration  in  1876. 

Of  those  who  attended  the  first  meeting  of  the  preliminary  organi- 
zation on  October  22,  1875,  at  Dr.  Cogswell's  office,  only  one,  Dr. 
Emory  L.  Willard,  went  over  to  the  Winn  Party  on  June  29,  1876, 
and  he  was  made  the  Secretary  of  that  meeting,  when  Gen.  Winn  was 
elected  Chairman  and  afterwards  President.  Dr.  Cogswell  took  no 
part  in  that  meeting,  and,  as  I  understand,  without  his  knowledge  or 
consent  he  was  enrolled  as  No.  22. 

Mr.  WTilliam  S.  Moses  was  not  present  at  that  meeting,  but  joined 
at  the  Palace  Hotel  on  July  ist,  1876,  as  No.  29,  at  which  time  he  was 
elected  Marshal  of  the  California  Society  of  Sons  of  Revolutionary 
Sires,  and  which  position  he  held  for  21  years;  and  but  for  him,  Wm. 
B.  Eastin  and  some  others,  and  his  support,  that  society  would  not 
now  be  in  existence. 

Those  who  desired  to  turn  out  with  that  Society  on  July  4th,  1876, 
\vere  Dr.  PETER  WILKINS  RANDLE  and  IRA  C.  ROOT,  but  did  not 
cease  membership  in  the  original  National  Organization. 

The  California  Society,  under  the  Gen.  Winn  Administration,  be- 
came dormant;  he  left  San  Francisco,  and  the  members,  disgusted 
at  the  state  of  affairs  generally,  ceased  to  take  interest,  though  it  con- 
tinued to  be  an  undissolved  incorporated  body. 

CHAPTER  II. 

Through  the  kindness  of  Mr.  WILLIAM  S.  MOSES,  I  have  been 
permitted  to  copy  the  entire  roll  of  ninety-nine  members  as  printed 
from  the  records,  with  the  Constitution  and  By- Laws  of  that  Society  in 
1876,  and  printed  at  the  Alta-California  office;  and  I  herewith  present 
it,  as  evidence,  to  show  the  fraud,  lying,  deceit  and  false  pretenses  of 
A.  S.  HUBBARD,  A.  D.  CUTLER,  President,  and  others,  in  the  face  of 
the  roll  and  who  knowingly,  willfully  and  deliberately  lied,  he  or  they 
having  a  printed  copy  of  that  Roll,  Constitution  and  By-Laws,  in  their 
possession,  when  they  claim  that  "Col.  A.  S.  HUBBARD  who  aided  in 
its  inception"  etc.,  in  the  history  of  that  Society,  which  claims  to  have 
been  instituted  October  22,  1875,  when  he  was  not  present  and  totally 
unknown  on  that  date,  and  had  no  part  in  it;  and  that  "THEREFORE 

IT  RECOGNIZES  HIM  AS  THE  FOUNDER  OF  THE  CALIFORNIA  SOCIETY 
OF  THE  SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION  AND  THEREFORE  AS 


—    12   


THE  FOUNDER  OF  THE  SOCIETY  AT  LARGE,  AS  SET  FORTH  IN  THEIR 
CIRCULAR  No.  72, — an  open  bare-faced  lie  and  theft  of  other  men's 
ideas  and  labors.  Any  society  that  will  stand  behind  and  uphold  such 
liars  and  thieves  deserves  the  utter  contempt  of  every  honest  man 
and  the  community  at  large,  and  it  is  unworthy  the  name  of  American 
and  should  be  buried  in  oblivion. 
But  here  is  the  actual 

ROLL  OF  MEMBERS  OF  THE  CALIFORNIA   SOCIETY  OF  SONS  OF 
REVOLUTIONARY    SIRES, 

Of  which  A.  S.  HUBBARD  is  No.  96,  and  who  joined  the  Society  on 
September  6,  1.876,  or  ten  months  after  it  was  first  instituted,  as 
proven  by  the  roll  and  the  records. 


1  A.  M.  Winii  (dead)  36 

2  Emory  L.  Willard  (dead)  37 

3  Caleb  T.  Fay  (dead)  38 

4  Charles  Siskron  39 

5  J.  Doolittle  40 

6  John  J.  P.  Davisson  (dead)  41 

7  Joseph  Sharon  (dead)  42 

8  Samuel  Graves  (dead)  43 

9  Da'-las  A.  Kneass  (dead)  44 

10  R.  R.  Strain  45 

11  J.  B.  Worden  46 

12  W.  H.  Mead  (dead)  '      47 

13  W.  B.  Eastin  48 

14  Z.  K.  Hersum  49 

15  Thomas  H.  Greenough  50 

16  James  P.  Dameron  (dead)  51 

17  John  Turner  52 
IS  J.  E   Clark  53 

19  John  Newman  Finch  54 

20  Laurence  V.  Hogeboom  (dead)  55 

21  Charles  A.  Seeley  (expelled)  56 

22  James  L.  Cogswell  57 

23  Charles  McOuesten  58 

24  Iv.  B.  Lyman  59 

25  Alfred  S.  Tredale  (dead)  60 

26  Peter  Wilkins  Randle  (dead)  61 

27  Thomas  M.  Converse  62 

28  H.  H.  Riker  (dead)  63 

29  William  S.  Moses  64 

30  Charles  M   Blake  (dead)  65 

31  Bradford  B.  Stevens  66 

32  Uriah  Wallace  67 

33  Charles  D.  Wallace  68 

34  James  Hamilton  69 

35  Joseph  M.  Paulding  70 


David  W.  Nixon 

Eben  R,  York 

John  M.  Robinson  (dead) 

J.  M.  Chichester 

C.  H.  Peck 

Ira  C.  Root  (dead) 

Geo.  W.  Stevens 

Wm.  F.  Stevens 

Wm.  F.  Burbank 

Eugene  K.  Sykes 

John  F.  York 

S   B.  Leavitt  (dead) 

Warren  Holt 

A.  M.  Seabury 

H.  T.  Graves  (dead) 

A.  B.  Graves  (dead) 

Daniel  E.  Hayes 

Samuel  M.  Hunt 

Asa  R.  Wells  (dead) 

Andrew  Dunlap 

Charles  Stevens 

Phineas  U.  Blunt 

George  E.  Schenck 

Augustus  E   Taylor  (dead) 

Josiah  A.  Baldwin 

Joseph  Stunner  (dead) 

Alfred  W.  Elmes 

J.  M.  Adams 

J.  Me  Henry 

Charles  E.  Blake  (dead) 

J.  A.  F.  Davis 

J.  B.  F.  Davis 

James  N.  Makins  (dead) 

Col.  J.  D.  Stevenson  (dead) 

L.  H.  Langdon  (dead) 


COMMODORE  ROBERT  FIELD  STOCKTON,  U.  S.  N. 

(From  a  painting  on  ivory,  owned  by  his  son,  Hon.  John  P.  Stockton.) 
Grandson  of  Richard  Stockton  of   New  Jersey,  a  Signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 

The  successor  in  command  of  Commodore  JOHN  D.  SLOAT,  U.  S.  N.,  who  in  his  official  Report  said  : 
"On  the  2*rd  (of  July)  my  health   being  such   as  to  prevent  my  attending  to  so  much  and  such  laborious 
duties   I  directed  Commodore  Stockton  to  assume  the  command  of  the  forces  and  operations  on  shore;  and  on 
the  2oth   having  determined  to  return  to  the  United  States,  via   Panama,  I  hoisted  my  broad  pennant  on  the 
"Levant"  and  sailed  for  Mazatlan  and  Panama,  leaving  the  remainder  of  the  squadron  under  his  command, 
etc.— E.  A.  S. 

MEDALLION  TO  BE  PLACED  ON  THE  PEDESTAL  OF  THE  SLOAT  MONUMENT  AT  MONTEREY. 


71  Charles  H.  Pray  86  Josiah  Earl 

72  George  B.  Tolman  87  Hon.   W.  H.  Barton 

73  John  W.Johnson  88  W.  W.  Bidlack 

74  Amos  Adams  (dead)  89  Wm.  Shepard  Dewey 

75  Ezra  S.  Carr  90  Capt.  J.  S.  Marston  (dead) 

76  David  Bush  91  Frank  B.  Austin 

77  John  Wilson  (dead)  92  B.  A.   Bidlack 

78  C.  C.  Williams  93  Guy  C.  Earl 

79  Charles  G.  Noyes  94.  Benj.  F.  Penniman 

80  Major  David  Wilder  (dead)  95  Col.  Daniel  Norcross  (dead) 

81  W.  F.  Norcross  gW96  CO1^    A-    S-     HUBBARD     (elected 

82  Wm.  H.  Hale  Sept.  6,   1876) 

83  L.  H.  Van  Schaick  97  C.  H.  Graves 

84  F.  K.  Miller  98  L.  Iv.  Graves 

85  Charles  H.  Deuison  99  H.  A.  Graves 

Here  the  roll  ends  as  printed. 

HISTORIC   COUNCIL. 

Amos  Adams,  President  (dead)  P.  W.  Randle,  Second  Vice-Pres.  (dead) 

Joseph  Sharon,  First  Vice-Pres.  (dead)     Charles  M.  Blake.  Recording  Sec.  (dead) 

Frank  G.  Randle,  Financial  Secretary 

Of  the  sixty-four  members  now  living  who  were  borne  upon  the 
roll  at  the  time  it  was  printed,  there  are  only  FIVE  now  on  the  roll  as 
published  in  the  Register,  viz  ,  WM.  B.  EASTIN,  No.  13,  WM.  S. 
MOSES,  No.  29,  URIAH  WALLACE,  No.  32,  CHARLES  D.  WALLACE, 
No.  33,  and  JOHN  MCHENRY,  No.  64;  and  A.  S.  HUBBARD,  who  did 
not  join  the  Society  until  September  6,  1876,  was  the  32d  on  the 
roll  after  JOHN  MCHENRY,  and  A.  S.  HUBBARD'S  number  is  96,  AND 
HE  and  A.  D.  Cutler  CLAIM  THAT  HE  is  THE  FOUNDER  OF  THAT 
SOCIETY  ! 

Now  let  us  follow  his  serpentine  course,  wherein  he  not  only  robs 
DR.  JAMES  L.  COGSWELL  of  this  credit,  but  also  robs  that  schemer 
A.  M.  Winn,  the  first  on  that  roll.  The  cupriferous  coverings  over  a 
deceased  Ethiopian's  binoculars  would  quickly  vanish  if  he  was  in 
charge  of  the  morgue  where  the  body  was  laid.  A.  S.  HUBBARD  in 
his  history  on  page  XII X  says  that  he  "returned  to  California  in 
September,  1881,  and  again  took  up  the  active  work  of  the  Society." 
Possessing  himself  of  the  books  and  records,  he  proceeds  in  his 
peculiar  methods  to  revive  the  organization,  taking  good  care  not  to 
erase  from  the  roll  such  obstinate  men  as  WM.  B.  EASTIN,  WM.  S. 
MOSES,  JAMES  P.  DAMERON,  and  a  few  others  who  would  be  very 
stubborn  and  difficult  to  manipulate;  but  ignoring  DR.  JAMES  L,. 
COGSWELL,  the  original  Founder,  and  the  great  majority  of  two-thirds 
of  the  members  on  the  roll,  he  pursues  his  course  like  a  wily  old  rat 
in  a  very  large  cheese,  or  like  the  frog  who  got  into  a  pan  of  watered 


-  15  - 

milk,  whose  struggles  to  get  out  churned  the  cream  into  a  little  pat  of 
butter,  which  he  converted  into  a  float,  from  which  he  could  leap  to 
the  floor  and  make  his  escape.  So  A.  S.  HUBBARD  became  an  apt 
pupil  and  a  thorough  graduate  in  the  school  and  methods  of  his 
preceptor  and  predecessor,  A.  M.  WINN. 

After  maintaining  an  existence  for  the  period  of  ten  years  under 
his  manipulations,  as  the  Historical  Bulletin  published  at  Washington, 
D.  C.,  in  its  issue  of  December  i,  1904,  says:  "There  is  no  relation 
of  identity  between  the  Sons  of  Revolutionary  Sires  and  the  Sons  of 
the  American  Revolution.  .  .  .  The  California  Society  of  Sons  of 
Revolutionary  Sires  wras  never  merged  into  or  identified  with  the 
S.  A.  R.  or  the  S.  R.  Societies,  but  the  members  thereof  transferred 
themselves  in  a  body  to  the  S.  A.  R." 

A.  S.  HUBBARD'S  account  on  page  li  of  his  history  says:— 

"From  the  .first  suggestion  of  the  idea  of  forming  a  National 
Society,  California  supported  the  movement  with  enthusiasm.  At  a 
meeting  of  the  Bocud  of  Directors,  held  March  22,  1890,  the  name  of 
the  Society  was  changed  to  'The  California  Society  of  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution,'  and  a  committee  was  appointed  to  draft  a  new 
Constitution  and  By-Laws.  Steps  were  taken  to  have  the  Society 
incorporated  under  the  laws  of  California,  and  delegates  were  elected 
to  the  first  convention  of  the  National  Society. 

"On  October  19,  1891,  a  new  Constitution  and  By-Laws  were 
adopted,"  etc. 

Whether  the  California  Society  of  Revolutionary'  Sires  had  an 
opportunity  to  vote  on  this  change  of  name  or  not,  only  the  records 
will  show.  But  on  its  face  it  was  a  bold  act  of  usurpation  on  the 
part  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  and  illegal,  without  a  dissolution  of 
the  incorporated  body  by  a  due  order  of  court.  Be  that  as  it  may, 
it  was  an  act  of  abandonment  of  the  name  and  body  of  the  "California 
Society  of  Sons  of  Revolutionary  Sires,"  which  virtually  ceased  to 
exist  as  a  body  corporate,  and  by  the  adoption  of  a  new  name  and 
incorporating  under  it  there  was  a  new  body  created  entirely. 

Now  here  is  where  the  little  joker  comes  in  like  a  double-headed 
Dutchman,  worked  in  as  by  a  thimble  rigger  by  A.  S.  HUBBARD  and 
his  clique  in  the  resolutions  adopted  in  regard  to  him  on  September 
3d,  1892,  as  being  "the  Founder  of  the  California  Society  of  Sons  of 
the  American  Revolution,  and  therefore  Founder  of  the  Society  at 
large." 

If  it  had  been  given  the  date  of  March  22,  1890,  when  the  new 
Society  was  created,  no  matter  by  what  despicable  means  the  Society 
of  Sons  of  Revolutionary  Sires  had  been  made  use  of,  and  they 
kicking  over  the  stepping  stone  which  had  aided  him  to  make  the 


—  T6  — 

change,  then  perhaps,  technically,  the  resolution  was  applicable  to 
the  founding  of  the  new  Society  of  "Sons  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion;" but  when,  in  its  Preamble,  it  claims  to  date  from  October  22d, 
1875,  and  claims,  the  work  of  DR.  JAMES  L.  COGSWELL  and  his 
associates,  including  myself,  and  says  that  "CoL.  A.  S.  HUBBARD* 
who  aided  in  its  inception,  and  that  they  recognize  him  as  the  Founder  of 
the  Society,"  when  he  was  not  present  and  did  not  join  the  Society 
until  ten  months  afterwards,  then  with  the  original  printed  Roll, 
Constitution  and  By-Laws  in  the  possession  of  both  A.  S.  HUB  BARD 
and  the  President,  A.  D.  CUTLER,  they,  in  their  circular  No  72, 
perpetrate  a  bare-faced  fraud  on  their  own  Society,  and  wilfully, 
knowingly  and  deliberately  promulgate  an  infamous  lie. 

The  Preamble  to  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  the  California 
Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  reads  as  follows  (the 
italics  are  mine):  — 

PREAMBLE. 

"CALIFORNIA  SOCIETY  OF  THE  SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLU- 
TION, instituted  October  22,  1875.  The  first  body  in  inception,  institution 
and  organization  to  unite  the  descendants  of  Revolutionary  patriots  and 
perpetS&te  the  memory  of  all  who  took  part  in  the  American  Revolution 
and  maintained  the  independence  of  the  United  States  of  America.  It 
was  fully  and  completely  organized  on  the  4th  of  July,  1876,  under  the 
name  of  'Sons  of  Revolutionary  Sires .'  On  the  3Oth  of  April,  1889,  a 
number  of  co-equal  Societies  of  different  states  formed  a  general 
Society  under  the  name  of  THE  NATIONAL  SOCIETY  OF  THE  SONS  OF 
THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION,'  in  which  this  Society  heartily  co- 
operated and  changed  its  name  to  the  California  Society  of  the  Sons 
of  the  American  Revolution,  under  which  latter  name  it  has  since 
been  known." 

The  letter  heads  of  that  Society  repeat  the  first  half  of  the  above 
Preamble. 

A.  S.  HUBBARD  somewhere  about  the  time  he  was  working  his 
little  game,  which  we  knew  nothing  about,  came  to  DR.  JAMES  L- 
COGSWELL'S  office,  then  in  the  Evening  Post  Building,  corner  of  Bush 
and  Kearny  Streets,  to  get  his  statement,  together  with  my  own,  under 
oath,  as  he  said,  that  "Eastern  Societies  were  claiming  the  precedence 
over  California  as  to  the  dates  of  organization."  Neither  DR. 
COGSWELL  or  myself  had  the  least  suspicion  that  he  (HUBBARD)  was 
to  eventually  claim  our  work  as  his  own.  DR.  COGSWELL  gave  him 
what  information  he  could  and  referred  him  to  me  I  wrote  out  in  a 
general  way  the  history  of  the  very  first  meeting  of  the  kind  that  was 
ever  held,  and  in  Dr.  Cogswell's  office,  at  230  Kearny  Street,  on 


A  Grandson  of  Revolutionary  Ancestry. 

Who,  by  Order  of  Commodore  Sloat,  took  possession  of  San  Francisco,  July  9,  1846,  and  hoisted1 
the  American  Flag  in  front  of  the  Custom  House  on  the  Plaza,  now  Portsmouth  vSquare. 
There  is  nothing  now  there  to  mark  the  spot.     What  would  have  built  a  fine  monu- 
ment to  him  has  gone  down  the  red  lanes  and  gullets  of  the  very  patriotic  Califor- 
nia Society  of  Sons  of  the   American    Revolution   in  San  Francisco,  which 
declined  to  contribute  to  a  stone  in  the  Sloat  Monument  at  Monterey. 
The  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  have  their  stone  in 
place,  laid  on  Bunker  Hill  Day,  June  17,  1904. 


—  i8  — 

Friday  evening,  October  22d,  1875,  and  went  with  A.  S  HUBBARD  to 
a  notary  public's  office  and  made  oath  to  it,  HUBBARD  paying  the  fee- 
A.  S.  HUBBARD'S  scheme  was  now  ripening  to  a  condition  most 
satisfactory  to  himself  at  least.  The  California  Society  became  a 
constituent  of  the  National  Society,  as  his  ambition  was  being 
gratified  to  the  utmost  extent,  in  office  and  honors  of  both  societies, 
and  his  immediate  associates  were  traveling  in  the  same  path  behind 
him,  and  there  was  nothing  which  he  might  claim  but  it  was  conceded 
to  him. 

There  were  now  only  five  of  those  on  the  first  roll  who  remained, 
and  all  the  others  had  been  adroitly  dropped  by  him  or  worked  out, 
and  only  two  of  the  original  founders  of  the  Sons  of  Revolutionary 
Sires  were  living  to  dispute  his  false  pretensions  and  claims;  and  as 
they  might  soon  pass  away  by  reason  of  their  advanced  age  (Dr. 
Cogswell  being  now  74  and  myself  past  75  years  of  age),  he  would 
soon  have  the  entire  field  to  himself,  with  no  one  to  contradict  any" 
thing  which  he  might  say. 

Dr.  Cogswell  and  myself  held  to  our  original  status  as  Founders 
and  Officers  of  the  National  Society  of  Sons  of  Revolutionary  Sires, 
and  were  content  to  pass  off  the  stage  of  action  without  further  efforts 
in  that  matter,  when  our  time  should  come.  We  were  associated 
officially  in  the  Masonic  Veteran  Association  for  the  past  twenty-seven 
years,  and  actively  engaged  as  officers  and  members  of  the-  Executive 
Committee  of  the  Sloat  Monument  Association  with  three  others,  who 
are  members  of  the  California  Society  of  Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution,  and  seven  others  of  Revolutionary  descent,  five  of  whom 
are  Veterans  of  the  Mexican  War,  including  myself. 

The  Executive  Committee  of  the  Sloat  Monument  Association, 
considering  that  Commodore  Sloat,  who  took  California,  was  the  son 
of  Captain  John  Sloat,  an  officer  in  the  American  Army  during  the 
War  of  the  Revolution;  Commodore  Stockton,  his  successor,  the 
grandson  of  Richard  Stockton,  of  New  Jersey,  who  signed  the 
Declaration  of  Independence;  Capt.  John  B.  Montgomery,  Capt. 
William  Mervine,  Capt.  Joseph  Hull,  also  grandsons  of  Revolutionary 
ancestors;  Lieut.  Joseph  Warren  Revere,  the  grandson  of  Paul 
Revere,  and  others  who  had  fought  in  the  second  War  for  American 
Independence  and  who  had  helped  to  acquire  California,  the  Executive 
Committee  thought  it  would  be  a  proper  thing  to  invite  both  California 
Societies  of  the  Sons  and  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 
to  contribute  the  sum  of  $200  each,  for  the  purpose  of  placing  a  stone 
of  each  society  side  by  side  in  the  base  of  the  Sloat  Monument  at 
Monterey,  and  towards  the  concrete  foundation  and  core  of  the  base 
of  the  structure. 


-  i9   - 

To  the  invitation  sent  to  the  California  Chapters  of  the  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution,  a  most  noble  and  hearty  response  was 
given,  the  amount  was  promptly  furnished,  the  stone  prepared,  and  on 
Bunker  Hill  Day,  June  17,  1904,  their  stone  was  laid  with  due  honors 
by  MRS.  S.  K.  LIEB,  the  Regent  of  Santa  Ysabel  Chapter  of  San 
Jose  and  representatives  from  other  Chapters  of  San  Francisco, 
assisted  by  MAJOR  JOHN  L.  BROMLEY,  our  President,  and  others. 

The  courteous  invitation  sent  to  the  "California  Society  of  Sons  of 
the  American  Revolution"  met  with  a  contrary  reception  and  a 
miserable  declination,  giving  among  other  reasons,  "that  there  was  no 
money  in  their  treasury."  To  meet  this  deficiency  in  the  absence  of 
that  society's  stone,  the  Bear  Flag  Stone  of  the  California  Republic 
was  ordered  by  the  Executive  Committee,  and  it  was  laid  at 
the  same  time  on  June  17,  1904,  by  the  Grand  Parlor  of  Native 
Daughters  of  the  Golden  West,  which  was  in  session  at  that  time  at 
Pacific  Grove. 

We  then  promised  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  that 
they  should  have  a  companion  stone  of  true  Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution  to  be  laid  in  the  West  Face,  and  next  to  that  of  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic  on  the  northwest  corner,  and  we  ordered  it 
prepared  accordingly,  and  in  due  time  will  lay  it. 

On  Sept.  1 2th,  1904,  the  goth  Anniversary  of  the  Battle  of  Balti- 
more and  Fort  McHenry,  which  gave  inspiration  to  the  patriotic  poet 
Francis  Scott  Key  and  birth  to  our  National  Song,  the  "Star  Spangled 
Banner,"  we  laid  six  more  stones,  with  the  U.  S.  Torpedo  Boat 
Destroyer  Preble,  Capt.  Lopez  commanding,  firing  salutes  in  the  harbor 
of  Monterey  and  at  the  site  of  the  monument  by  a  gun  division  on 
shore,  while  Col.  Henry  C.  Ward,  commanding  at  that  Presidio,  sent  his 
band  to  furnish  the  music  for  the  occasion.  The  stones  laid  being  the 
President's,  Consul  Parrott's,  San  Mateo  County,  the  City  of  Oakland, 
the  A.  &  A.  S.  Rite  of  Freemasonry,  and  that  of  the  Grand  Army  of 
the  Republic  crowning  the  northwest  corner  of  the  base  of  the 
monument,  making  48  stones  laid  and  three-fourths  of  the  number 
required. 

This  success  crowning  our  labors  thus  far,  excited  the  ire  and 
opposition  of  A.  S.  HUBBARD,  A.  D.  CUTLER,  and  others  of  the 
California  Society  of  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  which  was 
becoming  conspicuous  by  their  own  voluntary  act  of  refusal  to 
contribute,  which  was  like  that  of  the  mule  which  kicked  so  hard 
that  his  hind  legs  drew  him  out  of  the  corral  altogether. 

This  found  expression  in  reiterating  a  former  resolution  in  relation 
to  A.  S.  HUBBARD  being  the  Founder  of  the  original  society,  intro- 
ducing it  at  the  tail  end  of  a  banquet  when  celebrating  the  Treaty 


of  Peace  at  Paris,  and  causing  the  society  without  examination  to 
adopt  a  lie  on  the  froth  of  the  champagne  of  that  festive  occasion,  and 
a  copy  of  the  same  sent  to  myself  and  others. 

To  follow  this  up,  A.  D.  CUTLER  sought  to  have  the  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic  Post  at  Pacific  Grove  to  do  his  dirty,  sneaking  work 
and  act  the  spy  on  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Sloat  Monument 
Association's  work  at  Monterey,  and  he  wrote  to  the  commander  of 
that  post,  who  very  properly  sent  it  to  me  and  to  answer.  The 
following  is  a  true  copy  of  his  letter:— 

(COPY) 

"OFFICE  OF  VICE-PRESIDENT  GENERAL, 
"134  MARKET  STREET,  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAI,., 

"October  27,  1904. 
"COMMANDANT  G.  A.  R.  POST, 

"Pacific  Grove, 
"DEAR  SIR:— 

"I  would  be  much  obliged  if  you  would  give  me  the  inscription  on 
the  stone  to  be  placed  in  the  base  of  the  Sloat  Monument  by  the  Sons  American 
Revolution;  also  advise  me  whether  it  has  been  so  placed,  or  if  not,  whether 
it  has  been  prepared  and  made  ready. 

"Respectfully, 

"A.  D.  CUTLER, 
"Vice-President  General." 

The  pompous  swelling  of  that  kernel  to  a  general  had  no  effect 
on  the  commandant  of  that  Grand  Army  Post. 

I  answered  the  letter,  informing  A.  D.  CUTLER  that  it  was  none 
of  his  concern  or  business  as  to  what  would  be  on  that  particular 
stone.  But  that  he  might  be  relieved  from  any  undue  anxiety,  that 
neither  the  name  of  the  California  Society  or  of  the  National  Society 
of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  would  appear  upon  it. 

On  Thursday,  the  8th  of  November,  I  called  upon  Mr.  Wm.  S. 
Moses  at  his  office,  and  at  my  request  he  kindly  placed  in  my  hands 
the  printed  copy  of  the  original  Constitution  and  By-L,aws,  containing 
also  the  entire  roll  of  the  99  members,  of  which  A.  S  HUBBARD'S 
number  is  96,  and  which  he  permitted  me  to  copy,  informing  me  at 
the  same  time  that  A.  D.  CUTLER  had  a  copy  as  well  as  HUBBARD. 
He  also  showed  me  the  draft  of  the  records  kept  by  Miss  Hobe,  the 
Secretary  of  the  Auxilliary  Society,  of  Sept.  6th,  1876,  the  same  day 
that  A.  S  HUBBARD  first  joined  the  California  Society  of  Sons  of 
Revolutionary  Sires,  and  thus  the  record  has  been  preserved,  while 
both  A.  S.  HUBBARD  and  A.  U.  CUTLER  have  the  ocular  proofs  in 
their  own  possession  to  convict  them  of  wilful,  deliberate  lying  and 
of  bare-faced  fraud  practiced  by  them  on  their  own  society,  and  made 
it  a  party  to  the  infamy  in  connection  with  it. 


—    21    

I  learn  further  that  A.  D.  CUTLER  has  said  that  the  Sloat  Monu- 
ment will  never  be  built,  disparages  and  discourages  the  idea  of  this 
patriotic  work,  in  which  his  "wish  is  father  to  the  thought,"  but  he 
will  prove  to  be  a  false  prophet  nevertheless,  and  when  the  base  is 
finished,  three-fifths  of  the  cost  of  the  entire  .structure  will  have  been 
paid  for,  and  in  due  time  the  whole  will  be  completed. 

Forty  eight  stones  of  the  sixty-six  required,  or  three-fourths  of  the 
sides  of  the  base,  have  been  laid,  and  during  the  coming  year,  beyond 
a  doubt,  all  the  rest  will  have  been  laid  and  the  guns  mounted.  The 
Veterans  of  the  Mexican  War,  whose  valor  acquired  California,  will 
still  continue  to  contribute  from  their  pensions,  the  noble  women  of 
the  Golden  State  will  not  relax  their  efforts,  nor  true  patriotic  men 
fail  in  their  gratitude  to  the  memory  of  Commodore  Sloat,  and  to  his 
officers  and  men  of  the  Pacific  Squadron,  to  whom  all  are  indebted  for 
their  homes,  their  prosperity  and  happiness  in  this  "Promised  Land" 
from  the  crests  of  the  Sierra  Nevada  to  the  borders  of  the  great 
Western  sea. 

When  anniversaries  of  events  of  the  American  Revolution  become 
the  mere  pretexts  for  opportunities  to  fill  the  belly,  and  the  destruction 
of  tea  in  Boston  harbor  for  all  to  take  a  drink,  in  the  metropolis  of 
California,  and  nothing  to  mark  the  spot  on  Portsmouth  Square  where 
the  American  Flag  was  first  raised  by  that  gallant  son  of  the  Amer- 
ican Revolution,  Capt.  John  B.  Montgomery,  of  the  U.  S.  Navy,  on 
July  Qtli,  1846,  it  is  a  shame  and  disgrace,  and  the  vaunted  patriotism 
of  such  "degenerate  sons  of  noble  sires,"  of  a  mere  mutual  admiration 
society,'  becomes  a  stench  in  the  nostrils  of  all  true  honorable  men 
who  love  their  country,  who  have  done  something  and  are  still  willing 
to  do  something  for  it,  even  three  thousand  miles  awa}T  from  the  fields 
of  the  Revolution. 

The  Sloat  Monument  Association  will  continue  to  build  until  the 
last  stone  is  laid,  the  statue  of  Commodore  Sloat  will  be  unveiled  and 
the  monument  dedicated  by  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons  of  the  State  of  California,  which  laid  its  chief  corner 
stone  at  the  northeast  corner  on  July  7,  1896,  the  5Oth  anniversary  of 
the  raising  of  the  American  Flag  at  Monterey  and  the  taking  posses- 
sion of  California.  His  brethren  of  the  "Mystic  Tie"  will  ever  con- 
tinue to  lovingly  honor  his  memory;  his  comrades,  Veterans  of  the 
Mexican  War,  will  cherish  with  pride  his  noble  achievements  and 
glorious  record,  which  his  monument  is  to  commemorate  until  the 
last  one  is  mustered  out;  the  Native  Sons  and  Daughters  of  the 
Golden  West  will  look  upon  it  as  their  title  deed  of  their  inheritance, 
inscribed  upon  imperishable  granite;  the  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution  can  boast  of  the  heroic  deeds  of  the  true  Sons  of  the 


—    22   

American  Revolution  represented  in  this  monument,  and  the  Federated 
Women's  Clubs,  Pioneer  Mothers  and  Daughters  of  California,  and 
the  grateful  and  really  patriotic  people  of  this  Golden  State  will  lay 
their  offerings  on  that  common  altar  of  their  country,  while  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic  will  relieve  the  Veterans  of  the  Mexican  War 
when  finally  mustered  out,  and  the  military  arm  of  the  Unite  1  States 
Government,  will  ever  shield  and  protect  it  from  harm;  countless 
thousands  of  pilgrims,  tourists  and  others  will  visit  that  sacred  spot, 
and  read  the  names  of  the  Counties  and  Cities,  of  Societies  of  patriotic 
men  and  women  of  California,  and  pay  tribute  to  the  Revolutionary 
blood  which  flowed  in  the  veins  of  the  gallant  men  who  acquired 
California  by  their  courage  and  valor,  and  gave  to  our  country  its 
most  valued  territory,  whose  mountains  are  seamed  with  gold  and 
silver,  its  soil  sown  with  seeds  of  gold,  its  valleys  and  plains  teeming 
with  the  best  fruits  of  the  world  and  the  fairest  women  on  earth,  upon 
which  shines  the  sun,  and  they  receiving  the  first  and  last  kisses  of 
the  god  of  day  when  he  ascends  to  his  throne  from  the  mountain's 
crests,  and  retires  to  his  retreat  with  his  smiles  beaming  through  our 
Golden  Gate  and  shining  over  the  broad  Pacific. 

The  original  "National  Society  of  Sons  of  Revolutionary  Sires," 
with  two  of  its  officers  and  founders  still  living,  who  gave  it  birth  on 
October  22d,  1875,  now  of  necessity  will  be  revived,  and  as  originally 
intended,  will  commemorate  the  deeds  of  all  who  have  been  true  to 
their  blood  from  the  foundation  of  the  Republic,  whether  in  wars  or 
as  honored  representatives  of  the  people  in  public  station,  and  by  their 
fruits  we  shall  know  them.  It  will  not  confine  its  membership  to  the 
male  sex  alone.  The  unknown  lady  who  furnished  that  communica- 
tion to  the  A Ita- California  on  June  26,  1876,  sounded  the  keynote  of 
the  bugle's  call  for  the  Centennial  Celebration  in  San  Francisco  by 
both  sexes  of  the  descendants  of  our  Revolutionary  ancestry,  and  we 
would  be  ungallant  indeed  not  to  embrace  our  patriotic  sisters  of  the 
same  common  blood  and  lineage. 

All  in  whom  flows  the  blood  of  Revolutionary  fathers  and 
mothers  are  "Sons  and  Daughters  of  Revolutionary  Sires,"  "Sons 
and  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,"  or  "Sons  and  Daughters 
of  the  Revolution,"  or  by  any  other  name,  having  their  origin  from 
the  same  source.  The  Declaration  of  Independence,  the  Constitution 
and  Flag  of  our  Country  belongs  to  all  alike,  and  no  society  or  organi- 
zation has  a  corner  on,  or  patent,  or  copyright  on  either  of  these  titles 
to  the  exclusion  of  others,  whether  incorporated  or  not;  and  for  A.  D. 
CUTLER  or  any  one  else,  who  would  try  to  interpose  or  interfere  with 
the  work  of  the  Sloat  Monument  Association  at  Monterey  will  be  as 
successful  as  a  snake  in  biting  a  file. 


LIEUTENANT   JOSEPH  WARREN  REVERE,  U.  S. 

(Late  Brigadier  General  U.  S.  A.,  deceased.) 
Grandson  of  the  famous  Patriot,  PAUL  REVERE,  of  the  American  Revolution. 

Who  lowered  the  Bear  Flag  and  raised  the  American  Flag  at  Sonoma,  Cal.,  July  9,  1846,  by  order 

of  Commodore  John  D.  Sloat,  U.  S.  N..  and  Commander  John  B.  Montgomery  of  the 

U.  S.  Sloop  of  War  "Portsmouth. 


If,  while  engaged  in  the  erection  of  the  Sloat  Monument,  we  have 
been  made  the  instruments  incidentally  to  unmask  the  fraud,  deceit, 
lying  and  intrigue  of  those  who  have  prostituted  patriotism,  in  the 
manner  described,  and  the  Society  of  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution 
shall  purge  and  cleanse  itself  of  such  characters  and  redeem  itself,  then 
this  unpleasant  duty  which  has  been  forced  upon  us  will  have  been 
productive  of  some  good. 

The  Sloat  Monument  Association  will  continue  its  labors  regard- 
less of  the  secret  or  open  hostility  of  the  HUBBARD-CUTLER  cabal, 
whenever  and  wherever  it  may  assert  itself,  and  we  shall  let  them  root 
and  wallow  in  the  sty  of  their  own  infamy,  while  we  are  grateful  to 
our  patriotic  friends,  ladies,  gentlemen,  friends,  comrades  and  broth- 
ers, who  have  nobly  aided  us  and  given  us  their  cordial  encouragement 
and  hearty  support.  Respectfully, 

EDWIN  A.  SHERMAN, 
Secretary  of  the  Sloat  Monument  Association. 


P.  S. — Since  the  foregoing  was  written  and  passed  under  the  press, 
the  following  letter  has  been  received  from  Mr.  Wm  B  Eastin,  the 
first  permanent  Secretary  of  the  California  Society  of  Sons  of  Revolu- 
tionary Sires: 

[Copy  of  Letter  of  W.  B.  Eastin,  former  Secretary.] 

408  California  St.,  San  Francisco, 

Major  Edwin  A.  Sherman,  Dec.  2yth,  1904. 

Oakland. 

MY  DEAR  SIR: 

Found  your  letter  awaiting  me  on  my  return  to  the  City  and  regret  the  delay. 
Friend  Moses  should  have  told  you  that  Dr.  Willard  was  appointed  Secretary  pro 
tern.,  at  the  first  meeting  held  at  212  Kearny  Street.  I  was  a  few  days  later  elected 
the  permanent  Secretary  and  recorded  the  names  enrolled  at  the  first  meeting  and 
cannot  remember  all  who  were  present  at  that  meeting.  This  I  do  remember,  that 
there  were  25  persons  present,  all  of  whom  signed  the  roll  personally.  I  am  in- 
clined to  think  that  Dr.  Cogswell  was  one  of  the  number,  but  cannot  say  certainly. 

If  you  will  call,  I  will  gladly  give  you  all  the  information  in  my  possession. 
Very  truly  yours,  W.  B.  EASTIN. 

Whether  Dr.  James  L  Cogswell,  the  President  of  the  National 
Society  of  Sons  of  Revolutionary  Sires,  elected  at  the  first  meeting 
held  at  his  office  on  Friday  evening,  October  22nd,  1875,  signed  the 
roll  or  was  enrolled  by  the  Secretary  pro  lent.,  at  the  meeting  held  on 
June  29th,  1876,  at  212  Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco,  and  the  California 
Society  organized  with  other  officers  and  members  as  already  stated, 
did  not  afTect  his  standing  as  President  of  the  National  Society  nor  my 
own  as  Vice-President  for  the  State  of  Nevada,  and  I  was  at  that  time 
serving  as  such  at  Philadelphia  at  the  Centennial. 

A.  S.  Hubbard,  in  a  pamphlet  history,  gives  Dr.  PETER  WILKINS 
RANDLE  as  "Provisional  President"  of  the  California  Society,  which  is 
not  the  truth,  and  there  is  nothing  in  the  records  whatever  to  show  it. 
He  was,  however,  Vice  President  of  the  National  Association,  elected 
October  22,  1875,  for  the  State  of  California,  which  office  he  held  until 
.his  death.  EDWIN  A.  SHERMAN, 

Secretary  of  the  Sloat  Monument  Association. 


RUPERT  SHMIO,  SCULPTOR 


PHOTQGRAPMEC 


THE    SLOAT    MONUMENT 

IN  FRONT  OF  OLD  FORT  MERVINE, 

MILITARY  RESERVATION, 
MONTEREY,  CALIFORNIA. 

Design  constructed  by  Rupert  Schmid,  Sculptor,  under  the  immediate  supervision  and  direction  of 
Major  Edwin  A.  Sherman,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  ou  Design  and  Construction,  recommended  to 
the  Secretary  of  War  for  his  approval. 

Committee  ot  Design  and  Construction  : 

MAJOR  EDWIN  A.  SHERMAN, 
REV.  A.  A.  MCALISTER,  U.S.' Navy, 
CAPT.  FRANKLIN  J.  DRAKE,  U.  S.  Navy, 
HON.  JOSEPH  M.  ENGLISH,  Vallejo,  Cal. 
Miss  CAMILLE  JOHNSTON,  Oakland,  Cal. 


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